Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 6
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Special Report
Top 1000 Pension Funds 2024: Data
Skewed distribution of European pension fund assets
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Country Report
Understanding France’s new second-pillar regime
IORPs have now taken root in France as providers have shifted from the previous insurance-based regime, but allocations to fixed income remain high
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Special Report
Austria: Waiting for politics to get serious about pensions
With elections looming, Austrian politicians are not making pensions a priority
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Special Report
India makes its debut in key government bond index
Their inclusion in the JP Morgan index makes government bonds more accessible to foreign investors
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Special Report
Top 10 European pension funds raise equity and bond exposure
Pension funds in most European countries recorded strong returns of between 6% and 9%, according to preliminary figures published this summer by the OECD.
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Special Report
Belgium: Funding decision awaits new government
The coalition is likely to push through more radical pension reforms
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Special Report
Denmark: Pensions finally free from cumbersome banking regulations
Schemes have been liberated from onerous rules that were irrelevant to them
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Special Report
Finland: Government threatens indecisive social partners
The tripartite working group tasked with reforming the country’s pension system has not yet reached consensus on reforms
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Special Report
France: Macron’s reforms look secure
President Macron’s pension reforms may have their detractors, but the hung parliament is not expected to roll back any of them significantly
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Special Report
Germany: Politicians look to bolster pensions ahead of elections
Draft bills prepared by the government to change public, private and occupational pensions are bound for parliamentary debate
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Opinion Pieces
German politicians pronounce on pensions policy ahead of next year's election
With federal elections likely to be held on 28 September next year, German politicians have started to reveal ideas on pensions.
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Interviews
KPN Pensioenfonds: Active investors by conviction
Caspar Vlaar and Jaap van Dam of KPN Pensioenfonds talk to Tjibbe Hoekstra about the Dutch fund’s belief in active investing, its venture into private markets and its impact strategy
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Features
NAV finance takes hold as a niche form of private credit
Private equity investments are by their nature illiquid, which is why PE general partners (GPs) raising a new fund only call on the committed capital when it needs to be deployed in a new investment – and that may be up to a few years after the fund closes.
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Features
Secondary markets and innovation boost private equity liquidity
Liquidity has reduced significantly in global private capital markets. Whilst private equity-backed IPOs are up this year, overall exit value is down by 66% and there is currently a large backlog of unsold assets, of which 40% are four years or older. The cumulative sum of unsold assets sits at $3.2trn (€2.9trn), according to Bain. Recent data from Preqin shows that capital called has exceeded capital distributed by $1.57trn since 2018, highlighting the lack of free capital in private markets.
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Features
Fears grow of US slowdown
US president Joe Biden’s decision to step aside was much murmured about following his disastrous performance in a debate with Donald Trump, but it was still a surprise when he announced his decision. However, market reactions were relatively muted, despite shaking pollsters’ predictions on who might now win the election.
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Analysis
Investment strategy: how one Dutch pension fund democratised its ESG process
Pensioenfonds Detailhandel’s groundbreaking attempt to democratise its investment process is just one development in this growing trend
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Features
Change is required as populations age
During a recent weekend in the artsy California mountain town of Idyllwild, my wife and I enjoyed a performance of a local band. Seated near us was a gentleman wearing a T-shirt proclaiming, We the People ARE PISSED OFF. The message on this shirt caught my attention.
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Features
IPE Quest Expectations Indicator - September 2024
Kamala Harris’ candidacy has turned the political mood in the US. The two candidates are very close together in the polls but while Trump’s score is stable – except for a worsening favourability – Harris’ statistics all show a positive trend.
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Opinion Pieces
US court scraps SEC private equity transparency rule
The US appeals court’s decision, last June, to throw out a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule intended to give investors more transparency into private funds has sparked a heated debate.
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Opinion Pieces
Why we need to talk about the birthrate
If you live in a big city like London, and if you look hard enough, you are sure to find signs of a falling birthrate.